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it was a cia office in benghazi. we did not want to advertise that. that is why the ambassador was there, and w we did promise this was going to be the most open and transparent administration in history. i think liberals and conservativeves would acknowlede the pmise has not been kept. >> this thing got off track by the critics. first of all, susan rice s at fault. shwas misleading the american people. she was not doing ything of the sort. this is something that came to her. she got a copy of the talking points and used them. she should have said to them, this is not in my job description. but she sold tse talking points. the other thing is that it was not of the consulate.-- not a consulate. this is why they were fighting over in the talking points, it was a cia operation. when the cia put langge in the talking points, the state department said this was your they took that out. the only political thing was a reference to congress reacting to that statement. >> whoho also worked with the bh administration. the washington post said it follows after wh
it was a cia office in benghazi. we did not want to advertise that. that is why the ambassador was there, and w we did promise this was going to be the most open and transparent administration in history. i think liberals and conservativeves would acknowlede the pmise has not been kept. >> this thing got off track by the critics. first of all, susan rice s at fault. shwas misleading the american people. she was not doing ything of the sort. this is something that came to her. she got a...
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at issue the 2012 ap report revealing the cia's role in thwarting a terror plot in yemen. on tuesday eric holder defended the actions calling that article quota serious leak. >> this is among if not the most serious it is within the top two or three, most serious leaks that i've ever seen. it put the american people at risk and that's not hyperbole. it put the american people at risk. and trying to determine who is responsible for that i think required very aggressive action. >> holder recused himself from the matter because of a conflict of interest. the white house maintains it has no prior knowledge of the ap investigation. >>> for the second time in as many weeks a military member in charge of protecting victims of sexual assault is facing allegations of committing that crime himself. the pentagon says the coordinator of fort hood sexual assault prevention program is accused of forcing at least one subordinate soldier into prostitution and for sexual assaulting two others. he's been suspended and no charges have been filed. >>> defense secretary chuck hagel is ordering
at issue the 2012 ap report revealing the cia's role in thwarting a terror plot in yemen. on tuesday eric holder defended the actions calling that article quota serious leak. >> this is among if not the most serious it is within the top two or three, most serious leaks that i've ever seen. it put the american people at risk and that's not hyperbole. it put the american people at risk. and trying to determine who is responsible for that i think required very aggressive action. >>...
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the russians say he's a cia spy. do cia spies in real life wear bad, blond wigs? we have found tonight the huge red flag that ariel castro's neighbors investigation missed. >>> plus tonight's shout out. prince harry meets governor christie. chris christie took harry to see the damage of sandy. they talked and had lunch at the governor's seaside retreat and christie presented him with a gift. he got his own blue fleece. now the governor was wearing a lovely mint shirt today but the blue fleece is similar to the one he was seen wearing day in and day out in the days after sandy struck. we'll be right back. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. the wright brothers became the first in flight. [ goodall ] i think the most amazing thing is how like us these chimpanzees are. [ laughing ] [ woman ] can you hear me? and you hear your voice? oh, it's exciting! [ man ] touchdown confirmed. we're safe on mars. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hi. [ baby fussing ] ♪ are you still sleeping? just
the russians say he's a cia spy. do cia spies in real life wear bad, blond wigs? we have found tonight the huge red flag that ariel castro's neighbors investigation missed. >>> plus tonight's shout out. prince harry meets governor christie. chris christie took harry to see the damage of sandy. they talked and had lunch at the governor's seaside retreat and christie presented him with a gift. he got his own blue fleece. now the governor was wearing a lovely mint shirt today but the blue...
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that ambassador rice was speaking based on talking points, provided by the cia. and that the fundamental error in those talking points was corrected by us when we became -- when it became clear that new information shed new light on what happened, and this was not a case as republicans charged again and again, that ambassador rice had, at the direction of the white house or anyone else, said what she said about our understanding that there had been protests. that was the intelligence that she was provided. >> jay, quickly, before you go, on the ap story where the justice department has been investigating, the associated press, i have the feeling if you were back in our old job at "time" magazine, you may be one of the complaining chorus in the white house press corps about that being overbroad, reaching for too much, and that this is exactly what the press has to fear in this kind of situation with the government. >> well, i addressed this, lawrence, as you know. i was asked about this from the podium. and i can tell you two things. as a citizen, i believe it's i
that ambassador rice was speaking based on talking points, provided by the cia. and that the fundamental error in those talking points was corrected by us when we became -- when it became clear that new information shed new light on what happened, and this was not a case as republicans charged again and again, that ambassador rice had, at the direction of the white house or anyone else, said what she said about our understanding that there had been protests. that was the intelligence that she...
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to alter the talking points to eliminate references to terrorism or al qaeda in the e-mail show the cia not the warehostruck out the references. >> what is ironic about what has been caused by this is the accusation is the white hous or others had altered the intelligence community's assessment. thats false. >> may rai plenty ofnew questions that shows the white house spokesperson also alerting colleagues the man who now heads the cia john brennan the a white house official a then boarded the changes including stripping a line from the talking points that the perpetrators hails from many sectors of libyan society thatontradicts comments from secretary carney that the only change was stylistic changing the wordonsulate to the word diplomatic facility in the editing process. >> with the benghazi talking points must be frustrating right now and my ffrst guest sees it as a cover-up from the beginning and joining us now is donald trump's fall former secretary of defense with george w. bush and author of the book and leadership lessons of politics and mr. secretary great to have you. you knew
to alter the talking points to eliminate references to terrorism or al qaeda in the e-mail show the cia not the warehostruck out the references. >> what is ironic about what has been caused by this is the accusation is the white hous or others had altered the intelligence community's assessment. thats false. >> may rai plenty ofnew questions that shows the white house spokesperson also alerting colleagues the man who now heads the cia john brennan the a white house official a then...
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report revealing cia's role thwarting a terror plot. they call that article a serious leak. >> this is among, if not the most serious, it is within the top two or three, most serious leaks that i've ever seen. it put the american people at risk. and that is not hyperbole. it put the american people at risk. and trying to determine who is responsible for that, i think required very aggressive action. >> holder recused himself from the matter because of a conflict of interest. the white house maintains it had no prior knowledge of the a.p. investigation. >>> for the second time in as many weeks, a military member in charge of protecting victims of sexual assault is facing allegations of it himself. he is accused of forcing one soldier into prostitution. and for sexually assaulting at least two others. the sergeant first class has been suspended. and no charges have been filed. >>> meanwhile, defense secretary chuck hagel is ordering all sexual assault personnel in all services to go through a new training and screening program. this, as a
report revealing cia's role thwarting a terror plot. they call that article a serious leak. >> this is among, if not the most serious, it is within the top two or three, most serious leaks that i've ever seen. it put the american people at risk. and that is not hyperbole. it put the american people at risk. and trying to determine who is responsible for that, i think required very aggressive action. >> holder recused himself from the matter because of a conflict of interest. the...
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to congress by the cia, that this was an intelligence assessment. republicans pounced and attacked and suggested that improperly the white house or others altered those talking points, changed the intelligence assessment, and what the release of these e-mails show is that republicans are wrong. they were wrong then, and they're wrong now. and this has been a highly politicized affair about, you know, that totally misses the point about what happened in benghazi. we should be focused on finding out who did it, who killed four americans and bring them to justice. that's what the president's focused on. we should be focused on taking action to ensure that we have the appropriate security for our diplomats and our diplomatic facilities to make sure that this doesn't happen again. that's what this president's been focused on. you heard him talk about that again today. when it comes to the issue of al qaeda, as i said, i think if you look at the e-mails, the changes that you're talking about, some of them were made by the cia internally and the other issu
to congress by the cia, that this was an intelligence assessment. republicans pounced and attacked and suggested that improperly the white house or others altered those talking points, changed the intelligence assessment, and what the release of these e-mails show is that republicans are wrong. they were wrong then, and they're wrong now. and this has been a highly politicized affair about, you know, that totally misses the point about what happened in benghazi. we should be focused on finding...
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russians say he's a cia spy. so do cia spies in real life wear bad blond wigs? >>> plus, the latest on just how one man allegedly kept three women prisoners in a house for a decade. we have found the one huge red flag that his neighbors missed. we have a special investigation from cleveland tonight. >>> the feds want to lower the legal limit on drinking and driving. >>> plus tonight's shout out. prince harry meets governor christie. chris christie took harry to see the damage of sandy. they talked and had lunch at the governor's seaside retreat and christie presented him with a gift. he got his own blue fleece. now the governor was wearing a lovely mint shirt today but the blue fleece is similar to the one he was seen wearing day in and day out in the days after sandy struck. we'll be right back. >>> our third story "outfront" ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient's record before we even picked him up. it found out the doctor
russians say he's a cia spy. so do cia spies in real life wear bad blond wigs? >>> plus, the latest on just how one man allegedly kept three women prisoners in a house for a decade. we have found the one huge red flag that his neighbors missed. we have a special investigation from cleveland tonight. >>> the feds want to lower the legal limit on drinking and driving. >>> plus tonight's shout out. prince harry meets governor christie. chris christie took harry to see...
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. >> these were cia drafted and cia finalized talking points. >> the state department insists that the e-mails released by the obama administration that the cia drove the talking points on benghazi. but the e-mail showed state department spokesman and dave a dams were major players and demanding answers to ansar al-sharia and extremist. >> those are concerns that we have known that the cia also shared. >> it is true that ste fan preston gave information. and they swiftly abandoned him. they e-mailed to say that the state department had major reservations for the document. we revised the document with those concerns in mind and the reason for deleting terrorism references, the cia offered only a couple of minor suggestions. after ansar al-sharia had been subscrubbed, the fbi said al-qaeda was involved and they are pursuing that theory. >> the only edits by the white house was stylist and corrected the description of the building, and the facility from conulate to diplomatic facility and the like. >> in fact tommy veter e-mailed to say that john brennan, a white house counter terrorism a
. >> these were cia drafted and cia finalized talking points. >> the state department insists that the e-mails released by the obama administration that the cia drove the talking points on benghazi. but the e-mail showed state department spokesman and dave a dams were major players and demanding answers to ansar al-sharia and extremist. >> those are concerns that we have known that the cia also shared. >> it is true that ste fan preston gave information. and they swiftly...
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. >> the white house and cia e-mail show how they came up with the now infamous and incorrect talking points to call them a terrorist act ambassador rice made the round last week last september to claim the attack was the result of a spontaneous demonstration triggered by the inflammatory video release the mails today after republicans charged snippets that became public show members of the president's staff were involved to alter the talking points to eliminate references to terrorism or al qaeda in the e-mail show the cia not the warehouse struck out the references. >> what is ironic about what has been caused by this is the accusation is the white house or others had altered the intelligence community's assessment. that is false. >> may raise plenty of new questions that shows the white house spokesperson also alerting colleagues the man who now heads the cia john brennan then a white house official and then boarded the changes including stripping a line from the talking points that the perpetrators hails from many sectors of libyan society that contradicts comments from secretary
. >> the white house and cia e-mail show how they came up with the now infamous and incorrect talking points to call them a terrorist act ambassador rice made the round last week last september to claim the attack was the result of a spontaneous demonstration triggered by the inflammatory video release the mails today after republicans charged snippets that became public show members of the president's staff were involved to alter the talking points to eliminate references to terrorism or...
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we just reached the cia, which is also not commenting. what's very curious here is that the russians released video of this man wearing this almost comical-looking wig. they released images of what the fsb says are his belongings including wig, a knife, dark glasses, a taxicab map of moscow. so stereotypical of the spy craft and eric o'neil, former counterintelligence official who took down spy robert hanson thinks this is staged by the russian, they placed this material on him. why would a cia officer who is actually doing some recruiting be running around moscow with really bad wigs and all that other stuff. o'neil believes this was manufactured for political purposes from the russians to develop some kind of anti-american sentiment. i ran that by an official at the russian embassy here in washington this morning. he refused to comment on that. >> he was detained, as you point out, by the fsb, the counterintelligence agency in russia. tell us a little more about this agency. >> reporter: well, it's the russian's main domestic security a
we just reached the cia, which is also not commenting. what's very curious here is that the russians released video of this man wearing this almost comical-looking wig. they released images of what the fsb says are his belongings including wig, a knife, dark glasses, a taxicab map of moscow. so stereotypical of the spy craft and eric o'neil, former counterintelligence official who took down spy robert hanson thinks this is staged by the russian, they placed this material on him. why would a cia...
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it was a cia outpost with diplomatic cover. what you see in the e-mails, state being like oh, no, you don't, cia, don't put this on us, this was your facility that you have to defend. >> and god knows what went on before that. >> president obama called it a side show which was being incredibly generous. this story, the fact we are talking about it eight months later, the crafting, editing of basically a pr release for members of congress is amazing. and that's based on very bad reporting in the last week. >> yes, thank you. on friday when there was e-mails obtained, actually no, e-mails shown to republican congressional staffers who have an ax to grind who they be paraphrased them. >> who then passed on to the press, passed on to jonathan carl of abc news and passed on inaccurate summaries that the white house was playing politics. >> paraphrases that appeared in quotes. >> this signals that the white house itself thinks there's nothing there, but they poured fuel on the fire. they looked at a news cycle in which they've got th
it was a cia outpost with diplomatic cover. what you see in the e-mails, state being like oh, no, you don't, cia, don't put this on us, this was your facility that you have to defend. >> and god knows what went on before that. >> president obama called it a side show which was being incredibly generous. this story, the fact we are talking about it eight months later, the crafting, editing of basically a pr release for members of congress is amazing. and that's based on very bad...
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with a wig, a wad of cash, and the russians say he also had a letter promising millions to spy for the cia. >>> going public with a very personal decision. angelina jolie has undergone a double mastectomy after a test revealed her high risk of breast cancer. tonight, the questions it's raising for millions of other women. >>> and the legal limit, a big change could be on the way. it concerns how much alcohol you're allowed to drink before getting behind the wheel. you're allowed to drink before getting behind the wheel. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. as a lot of american adults not so fondly remember, the last time the government was found looking into the phone calls of reporters and using the irs for political purposes, it was the nixon era, and while times have changed and circumstances are different, that subject came up at the obama white house today, as the administration now scrambles on several fronts. we begin with the potentially illegal use of the irs to scrutinize some american groups and citizens because of their poli
with a wig, a wad of cash, and the russians say he also had a letter promising millions to spy for the cia. >>> going public with a very personal decision. angelina jolie has undergone a double mastectomy after a test revealed her high risk of breast cancer. tonight, the questions it's raising for millions of other women. >>> and the legal limit, a big change could be on the way. it concerns how much alcohol you're allowed to drink before getting behind the wheel. you're...
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the plot was foiled by the cia. on monday of this week the ap blasted the feds over the probe. quote there can be for possible justification for such an overbroad collection of the telephone communications of the associated press and its reporters. these records potentially reveal confidential communications by the ap during a two month period, provide a roadmap to ap's news gathering information and disclose information about ap activities and operations that the government has for conceivable right to know. we regard this action by the department of justice as a serious interference with ap constitutional rights to gather and report the news. unquote. question. was the broad sweep of this subpoena intended solely to catch the leaker? or was it intended to cripple ap's news gathering? paul? >> 100% to get the leaker. that is the obsession here. remember what started this. a double agent we had in yemen looking at the most danger terrorist if the world was exposed by somebody. we don't know who. the press is getting trampled under the foot of a leak investigation as always happ
the plot was foiled by the cia. on monday of this week the ap blasted the feds over the probe. quote there can be for possible justification for such an overbroad collection of the telephone communications of the associated press and its reporters. these records potentially reveal confidential communications by the ap during a two month period, provide a roadmap to ap's news gathering information and disclose information about ap activities and operations that the government has for conceivable...
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the general counsel said cia said let's be careful, folks. the fbi and the people doing the investigation don't want us talking about who we think might be responsible. and then later on, there is an anti-smoking gun. a memo on the 14th which was the day before susan rice went on tv from a guy named matt olson who is a long time anti-terrorism guy. he is the head of the national anti-terrorism center. he said at this point, we're not aware of any actionable intelligence that this attack was planned or imminent. the intelligence community is combing through before and after to determine the full extent of who was involved. i dotted there is some evidence in here that the state department was covering themselves because they had some warnings about possible problems along these lines. but it doesn't seem to implicate hillary clinton and it certainly doesn't match the narrative that this was all somehow a political cover-up of what actually happened on those days. so i'm glad the white house released the reports. we're going to pore through them
the general counsel said cia said let's be careful, folks. the fbi and the people doing the investigation don't want us talking about who we think might be responsible. and then later on, there is an anti-smoking gun. a memo on the 14th which was the day before susan rice went on tv from a guy named matt olson who is a long time anti-terrorism guy. he is the head of the national anti-terrorism center. he said at this point, we're not aware of any actionable intelligence that this attack was...
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with high profile attacks leading to cia deaths as with the attack on the cia boast in afghanistan in december, 2009, in which seven cia officials were killed, sometimes the cia publicly acknowledges and honors cia officials killed but that did not happen in this case. then cia director david patraeus did not attend the funerals of woods and doherty. obviously cia officers feel it imperative to keep their work in the shadows but that in this case may also keep some of the answers about benghazi in the dark as well. >>> coming up, not a great week for the president but while the scandals swirl there is a little teenie bit of good news getting ground out, the deficit problem may be slowing -- not disappearing -- slowing. breaking news out of the arab world. an al qaeda backed suicide attack is foiled in egypt. the reported target? western embassies. we'll have an update when "the we'll have an update when "the lead" continues. b positive?? have you eaten today? i had some lebanese food for lunch. i love the lebanese. i... i'm not sure. enough of the formalities... lets get started shall
with high profile attacks leading to cia deaths as with the attack on the cia boast in afghanistan in december, 2009, in which seven cia officials were killed, sometimes the cia publicly acknowledges and honors cia officials killed but that did not happen in this case. then cia director david patraeus did not attend the funerals of woods and doherty. obviously cia officers feel it imperative to keep their work in the shadows but that in this case may also keep some of the answers about benghazi...
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the cia never asked them to kill the story. very important to know. for five days the ap sat on the story, they took care of their asset. they said it's safe to run the story. they ran it. they needed an extra day. they wanted their pr plan to go in place. now, what happens is, other news organizations is going to be less trusting of the government. >> but, ron is right. it extends worldwide. we're the standard bearer of freedom of the press. suppressing information, they'll look to the united states, oh, well, president obama is doing that to their press we can do it, too. ron is absolutely right. look, we're going too take your logs out, it's all about relationship and trust. and if those sources say, hey, i'm not going to do this because in fear of possible investigation or what have you, that's a problem for us to disseminate fact chul information. >> one of the reasons the ap should have been consulted. i think there's a strong case to be made that the white house or the justice department could have gone to a court and had them adjudicate it as
the cia never asked them to kill the story. very important to know. for five days the ap sat on the story, they took care of their asset. they said it's safe to run the story. they ran it. they needed an extra day. they wanted their pr plan to go in place. now, what happens is, other news organizations is going to be less trusting of the government. >> but, ron is right. it extends worldwide. we're the standard bearer of freedom of the press. suppressing information, they'll look to the...
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that's manipulating the cia to get the truth. >> the cia can't stand up for itself and get the facts, saying, these are the facts? >> the fact is, there was a fact witness, his name was ambassador stevens. he said greg, we're under attack to his number two. that was the definitive statement from the ambassador on the ground before he was murdered. you have a fact witness. and you follow that up with fact witness after fact witness. so to blame the cia is a convenient truth. the real truth is, the people who were there in tripoli and in benghazi knew this was a terrorist attack from the get-go. that's been said under oath. and that's the reason that we need to know more about how nin ning -- things got changed. >> chairman, my reporting of the immediate aftermath of this talking to administration officials is that ci a director david petraeus made it clear when he briefed top officials that there was a spontaneous element to this, that it was not completely known that this was a terrorist attack right away. you don't give any credence to the notion that there was some fog of war, that
that's manipulating the cia to get the truth. >> the cia can't stand up for itself and get the facts, saying, these are the facts? >> the fact is, there was a fact witness, his name was ambassador stevens. he said greg, we're under attack to his number two. that was the definitive statement from the ambassador on the ground before he was murdered. you have a fact witness. and you follow that up with fact witness after fact witness. so to blame the cia is a convenient truth. the real...
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. >> reporter: cia station chief in libya cabled home that benghazi was a terrorist attack, and first version of cia talking points on benghazi drafted september 15 started we do know that islamicki extremists were tied. >> reporter: president obama did disclose today that talking points delivered by his u.n. ambassador, quote pretty much matched contents of the president's daily brief, highly classified he received each morning "wall street journal" reported today of it not until september 22, that the pdb was updated to. if that it true, g.o.p. lawmaker will want to know why it was so different from cia's own draft talking points when almost identified al qaeda affiliates as purpose operators -- perpetrators, if you could indulge one personal note, i have spent 19 years working on book of watergate there are a lot of comparisons floating around right now. one point i want to make for historical accuracy, president nixon never ordered or saw or touched the president's list. lou: that is why we took care to say they were among charges of impeachment not that he committed such acts. >>
. >> reporter: cia station chief in libya cabled home that benghazi was a terrorist attack, and first version of cia talking points on benghazi drafted september 15 started we do know that islamicki extremists were tied. >> reporter: president obama did disclose today that talking points delivered by his u.n. ambassador, quote pretty much matched contents of the president's daily brief, highly classified he received each morning "wall street journal" reported today of it...
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so the cia was super aggressive. all the talking points were reduced to mush and politics was inserted into it. i don't think we should necessarily say this is politics intruding on a cia pure operation. >> congressman, don't you see the muddle in all of in that it's not so clearly watergate as some republicans allege? >> look, i'm not out to try to bring anybody down. i just want the answers. i look at a couple of things. number one, who i think chaed the talking points? these are questions that go to motivation. i know that ambassador rice went on every morning show and said this was a result of a youtube video. this was not a terrorist attack. it was frankly told to us in a closed door meeting in congress by hillary clinton, too. as a pilot in the military, i went to survival training and the first thing they tell you, your country, just know your country will be move heaven and earth to come get you and it appears in this case the country didn't move haven nor earth to can get them. the administration said we had
so the cia was super aggressive. all the talking points were reduced to mush and politics was inserted into it. i don't think we should necessarily say this is politics intruding on a cia pure operation. >> congressman, don't you see the muddle in all of in that it's not so clearly watergate as some republicans allege? >> look, i'm not out to try to bring anybody down. i just want the answers. i look at a couple of things. number one, who i think chaed the talking points? these are...
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i don't know if the ap went to the cia or the cia went to the ap, it's not material. the government said that she this is dangerous. please don't put this information out. the ap as news organizations do, held off on this story. right? the cia never asked them to kill the story. that's very important to know. for five days the ap sat on the story, they took care of their asset. the cia said that it's safe to run the story. a few hours later it, they said we need an extra day because we want to put out a press release. now, what happens is, other news organizations is going to be less trusting of the government. >> but, ron is right. it extends worldwide. we are the standard bearer of freedom of the press. and then you have these nations suppressing information, they'll look to the united states saying, oh, well, president obama is doing that to their press we can do it, too. ron is absolutely right. if you can start saying, look, we're going too take your logs out, it's all about relationship and trust. and if those sources say, hey, i'm not going to do this because i
i don't know if the ap went to the cia or the cia went to the ap, it's not material. the government said that she this is dangerous. please don't put this information out. the ap as news organizations do, held off on this story. right? the cia never asked them to kill the story. that's very important to know. for five days the ap sat on the story, they took care of their asset. the cia said that it's safe to run the story. a few hours later it, they said we need an extra day because we want to...
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learn this may have an a cia outpost? >> there are two different facilities there. let me just say this. as far as the consulate situation is concerned and where the ambassador was, there was a steady string of reporting. this was a dangerous part of the country. benghazi was a particularly dangerous place. the british left because of it. if you were going leave that place open, you better have enough security there and security there was inadequate and ability to respond to the attack was inadequate and that falls on the state department and my biggest fears is the people that made that decision are still making those decisions now for our outposts around the nation. >> do you support the law by senator schumer? >> i haven't read it or understand the details of it. i'm concerned about what happened to the associated press and i'm concerned what i think was an abuse of power at the department of justice as well. i'll need to read that law before i can give you a hard opinion on it. >> all right. senator marco rubio, repub
learn this may have an a cia outpost? >> there are two different facilities there. let me just say this. as far as the consulate situation is concerned and where the ambassador was, there was a steady string of reporting. this was a dangerous part of the country. benghazi was a particularly dangerous place. the british left because of it. if you were going leave that place open, you better have enough security there and security there was inadequate and ability to respond to the attack...
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is the cia trying to cover it. we also now know that one of the two facilities attacked was a cia annex and what role did that have in the attacks and what the security situation was in this compound are questions that have not been asked publicly by republicans on the hill and we don't have answers to those. >> is this certainly something more stemming from interagency issues going back and forth about what could be talked about? we know that petraeus got on the record saying what are we talking about? >> what this document dump showed is that the cia was much more involved than we believed. the senior administration officials stressed that the talking points were changed even quite a bit within the cia before they got to the other agencies and before they got to the white house even. i think david raises a lot of good points in the cia's role. republicans were quick to rush and defend the cia in order to hurt the state department. so now the cia's role should get more scrutiny. >> it has been a wild week in washi
is the cia trying to cover it. we also now know that one of the two facilities attacked was a cia annex and what role did that have in the attacks and what the security situation was in this compound are questions that have not been asked publicly by republicans on the hill and we don't have answers to those. >> is this certainly something more stemming from interagency issues going back and forth about what could be talked about? we know that petraeus got on the record saying what are we...
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do not drink alcohol in excess with cias. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayebackache or muscle ache. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours ifou have any sudden decrease or loss in hearing or vision, or if you have any allergic reactions such as rash, hives, swelling of the lips, tongue or throat, difficulty brthing or swallowing, stop taking cialis and get medical helpight away. ask your doctor about cialis for daily use and a 30-tablet free trial. gerri: the plight of the honeybee millions are dying and federal agencies are suggesting that the collapse as many culprits but do not have a clear strategy on how to fix the problem. with more on this founder of the new york city beekeepers association you are fourth generation beekeeper. gerri: they are onset. so to talk about this issue it is not a light topics. >> not all. gerri: we could have a tragedy in the food industry of this isn't fixed we aree3 one bad winter away from a collapse of the
do not drink alcohol in excess with cias. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayebackache or muscle ache. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours ifou have any sudden decrease or loss in hearing or vision, or if you have any allergic reactions such as rash, hives, swelling of the lips, tongue or throat, difficulty brthing or swallowing, stop taking cialis and get medical helpight away. ask your doctor about cialis for...
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the biggest presence was in a completely cia operation and they were relying on the cia for security. so, of course, as they work out the talking points, the question becomes, who is to blame for the absence of the security and the cia is saying, not us, we're not responsible for consulates and the state department is saying it has to be. >> steve, do you believe ultimately the white house made this decision we're then going to limit information even more so? >> i think all white houses do that. >> knee jerk -- >> well, this white house, but i would say the bush/cheney white house engaged in the same kind of information withholding on a variety of issues. people may not remember that now and it's one of the problems emdemic of executive branches who become obsessed with not only secrecy, but not wanting information out and worrying about the risk. they are trying to coordinate and synthesize a story. put them out. >> say we don't know yet. >> some interesting revelations that were very compelling. in my view, doesn't change, in my mind, what would have been likely on the ground. and y
the biggest presence was in a completely cia operation and they were relying on the cia for security. so, of course, as they work out the talking points, the question becomes, who is to blame for the absence of the security and the cia is saying, not us, we're not responsible for consulates and the state department is saying it has to be. >> steve, do you believe ultimately the white house made this decision we're then going to limit information even more so? >> i think all white...
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they say that a cia officer was detained on supposed suspicions of spying after he attempted to recruit a russian secret agent. he was under the guides of a diplomat and written introductions and a large sum of money when he was detained. sounds like a tom clancy novel. to minnesota where later mark dayton will sign the same-sex marriage bill into law. the house passed it 75-79. wettings between same-sex couples can be as early as august 1st. florida senator's marco rubio's super park will defend on gun control. ayotte was criticized in her state. she say mother and a former state attorney general and knows how to be tough on crime. i have to say i don't remember a candidate running an ad to help someone i hope will endorse him should he run in 2016. governor chris cristy is explaining where his campaign aired a negative ad. she said i would have run a purely positive campaign and he will finish it. the latest ad is called out for raising taxes. the second tv ad and part of an $800,000 media purchase. >> politics is a family business. john kerry's brother will be secretary of commerce a
they say that a cia officer was detained on supposed suspicions of spying after he attempted to recruit a russian secret agent. he was under the guides of a diplomat and written introductions and a large sum of money when he was detained. sounds like a tom clancy novel. to minnesota where later mark dayton will sign the same-sex marriage bill into law. the house passed it 75-79. wettings between same-sex couples can be as early as august 1st. florida senator's marco rubio's super park will...
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the e-mails show exchanges between the white house, state department and cia as they worked to prepare talking points for the house intelligence committee. the same talking points that would be used by u.n. ambassador susan rice when she went on the sunday morning news programs that following sunday. republicans have criticized the administration for scrubbing talking points to remove references to al qaeda. they insist to protect the president in the final months of the presidential campaign when one of mr. obama's key themes throughout had been that al qaeda is on the run. in this afternoon's briefing a senior administration official insisted no one had perfect knowledge of exactly what happened at that time and that they didn't want to prejudice the fbi investigation that was then under way. let me show you one of these e-mails then written by the cia that writes i know there is a hurry to get this out, but we need to hold it long enough to ascertain whether providing it conflicts with express instructions from other agencies that in light of the criminal investigation we are not to
the e-mails show exchanges between the white house, state department and cia as they worked to prepare talking points for the house intelligence committee. the same talking points that would be used by u.n. ambassador susan rice when she went on the sunday morning news programs that following sunday. republicans have criticized the administration for scrubbing talking points to remove references to al qaeda. they insist to protect the president in the final months of the presidential campaign...
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cia nevada said i worked for federal government for 25 years i would not trust them with any information beyond what is essential. we love hearing from you, send me an e-mail. and finally, we told you about a survey that most of you at home agreed it, folks born between 1981 and 1999 are lazy, but we're finding out, they are also the smartest, according to new study, jen y started saving for retirement at age 22. there are a host of reasons, one is they have lived through two major recessions and seen their parents struggle, and two, most don't believe social security will be around for them. maybe lazy thing is what is motivating the people to save more, and retire earlier than boomer, good for them, that is my 2-cents more. that is it for tonight's willis report, thank you for joining us, have a great night, we'll see you back here tomorrow. lou: good evening thank you for being with us, a day of disturbing revelation about the obama administration's abuse of power, contradictory statements by obama administration it may be on set of a constitutional crisis, a defensive and aggressive
cia nevada said i worked for federal government for 25 years i would not trust them with any information beyond what is essential. we love hearing from you, send me an e-mail. and finally, we told you about a survey that most of you at home agreed it, folks born between 1981 and 1999 are lazy, but we're finding out, they are also the smartest, according to new study, jen y started saving for retirement at age 22. there are a host of reasons, one is they have lived through two major recessions...
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though now we know that the white house had access to e-mails going back and forth showing that the cia in fact called it a terrorist act and we were just a few weeks out of an election. >> there is no speech that justifies mindless violence. there are no words that excuse the killing of innocents. there is no video that justifies on attack on an embassy. >> also tough trying to get every single one of them wrong, too. >> geraldo: is there any indication yet that any one in the white house was aware of what the irs was doing vis-a-vis the tea party or other conservative groups? >> it would be unbelievable to think that not a sing isle person in the white house close to the president didn't know anything about this. the president has created, geraldo, an environment, a culture of guerilla warfare. he is obsessed with power and ego and hates dissent. he created this environment. who has created all of this? who has created this obsession with power and hatred for dissent in all of these scandals? it is the president. the fact it clearly it just so happens that everyone targeted happens to
though now we know that the white house had access to e-mails going back and forth showing that the cia in fact called it a terrorist act and we were just a few weeks out of an election. >> there is no speech that justifies mindless violence. there are no words that excuse the killing of innocents. there is no video that justifies on attack on an embassy. >> also tough trying to get every single one of them wrong, too. >> geraldo: is there any indication yet that any one in...
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one spokesman e-mails colleagues to say john brennan now the cree cia director, quote, will haved dids to the talking points. four minutes later the edits were e-mailed it, including deleting the assessment that it was across syrian -- libyan society. >> neil: i'm reminded off all these developments and their comparison to watergate. and i'm wondering if you're own insights whether you see these parallels? what do you think? >> well, you know, the standard way of thinking about that, neil, is to posit that richard nixon is a kind of gold standard of presidential malfeasance, and then ask whether barack obama is somehow arching toward that standard, the grid where nixon is always at the center of presidential evil. i don't see it that way. i think that nixon's offenses were fairly common for the presidents in the post war period. think there's a lot of literature now from the kennedy and johnson administrations which establishes that. but for the moment we have to be fair to president obama, and make clear that we don't see evidence just yet of any kind of impeachable offenses. presiden
one spokesman e-mails colleagues to say john brennan now the cree cia director, quote, will haved dids to the talking points. four minutes later the edits were e-mailed it, including deleting the assessment that it was across syrian -- libyan society. >> neil: i'm reminded off all these developments and their comparison to watergate. and i'm wondering if you're own insights whether you see these parallels? what do you think? >> well, you know, the standard way of thinking about...
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provided in the context of the confirmation as cia director. after seeing the e-mails they approved john brennan. it was a large bipartisan vote. theres no issue here. what is clear from the e-mails is three thing debunk all of the conspiracies here. first the idea that there was a protest is put together -- >> chris: they say the attack was inspired by the protests in cairo. there is no mention of a protest against the video in any of the talking points. >> the idea that the point is that the -- the argument here has been from republicans is that it had nothing to do with the pro tests and that was how somehow fabricated by the administration for political reasons. >> chris: is there a mention about the talking points? there is no demonstration against the video in benghazi? >> what the fact that that happened is what a lot of people -- the second thing in the talking points is that the references to terror and al-qaeda were removed notpy the white house or the state department but by the cia. and this h is why -- >> chris: but the state depar
provided in the context of the confirmation as cia director. after seeing the e-mails they approved john brennan. it was a large bipartisan vote. theres no issue here. what is clear from the e-mails is three thing debunk all of the conspiracies here. first the idea that there was a protest is put together -- >> chris: they say the attack was inspired by the protests in cairo. there is no mention of a protest against the video in any of the talking points. >> the idea that the point...
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the cia contractors fought very brave. two of them fought for hours a hours without getting back up. it's a legitimate question to ask. we can take the attitude there was a terrible disaster. we should just sit back and assume they all knew what they were doing. it's fine president of the united states and not talk or commander or other relevant military entities, not talk to one of them during the evening? when a u.s. ambassador is under attack that has been killed and two more contractors, cia contractors are fighting life and death battle. and the president of the united states has one phone call to the secretary of state and they agree on some statement and then he goes to sleep. may be talks to his own staff. i'm not intent to say that's fine. we can't second guest all of that. the people i know in the military agency thinks there was a failure on presidential leadership. whether it would have been the right decision for the president to make to say it's too risky let's see where we were. i'm not willing to say that's
the cia contractors fought very brave. two of them fought for hours a hours without getting back up. it's a legitimate question to ask. we can take the attitude there was a terrible disaster. we should just sit back and assume they all knew what they were doing. it's fine president of the united states and not talk or commander or other relevant military entities, not talk to one of them during the evening? when a u.s. ambassador is under attack that has been killed and two more contractors,...
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in other words, all that talk of protest began with the cia. that doesn't change in this. what changed was the context, taking out all references to the terror threat in benghazi. >> you are there at the white house day in and day out. i wonder with this incoming fire from critics on so many different fronts, how serious do they think all this is? >> it's a serious distraction, at the very least. the president has an agenda for his second term, including immigration reform, gun control, the budget. and nobody is talking about that right now. they're trying to get through it so the president can get back to what he wants to talk about, his agenda for the united states. >>> thank you, jonathan karl. >>> there's also another scandal out of washington tonight on sexual assault in the military. and a new investigation under way there. abc's martha raddatz has that. >> reporter: first it was the officer running the sexual assault prevention office for the air force charged with sexual assault. now it is an army sergeant at fort hood under investigation for "abusive sexual contac
in other words, all that talk of protest began with the cia. that doesn't change in this. what changed was the context, taking out all references to the terror threat in benghazi. >> you are there at the white house day in and day out. i wonder with this incoming fire from critics on so many different fronts, how serious do they think all this is? >> it's a serious distraction, at the very least. the president has an agenda for his second term, including immigration reform, gun...
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in an investigation that appears to be related to ap reporting on the cia busting up an al-qaeda bomb plot a few years ago, the justice department has notified the ap that at least 20 of their phone lines including numbers of their reporters were swept up in a dragnet by the justice department. two months worth of phone records were obtained by the fbi. it is over and done with. when the ap published that story about a year ago about the bomb plot, the response on the right was kind of a mini version of the torches and pitch forks that came out in the 2000s. but in this case because it's a democratic president, the outrage on the right was directed at not just the reporters, it was against the government. they were alleging that the administration doesn't care enough about classified information being leaked. if they really cared, they would freaking investigate it. they would chase this thing down. >> what the president ought to be saying is that this is very damaging to the country. and we're going to do everything we can to get to the bottom of it, whether it involves my white hous
in an investigation that appears to be related to ap reporting on the cia busting up an al-qaeda bomb plot a few years ago, the justice department has notified the ap that at least 20 of their phone lines including numbers of their reporters were swept up in a dragnet by the justice department. two months worth of phone records were obtained by the fbi. it is over and done with. when the ap published that story about a year ago about the bomb plot, the response on the right was kind of a mini...
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russia is alleging this is a cia spy. judging from the evidence we've seen, the wigs, the sunglasses, do you believe them? >> i don't know. i'm not sure this is the case. there could be some theater here, too. the russians like to play this up when they get a spy. remember, putin, former kgb officer, is president of the country. there are tensions in the relationship over a whole host of things. so if they did get somebody involved in espionage, they may want to deter, you know, further espionage as well as russians from participating in espionage. there may be some theater involved here. >> the other part that seems like theater because it just can't be that a cia official would be this stupid is that some russian outlets like "russia today" are reporting on the english translation of a letter they obtained from mr. fogle including telling a potential double agent to go to an internet cafe, create a g-mail account, don't use your personal information. and it's written down. it seems like this is the kind of thing, this k
russia is alleging this is a cia spy. judging from the evidence we've seen, the wigs, the sunglasses, do you believe them? >> i don't know. i'm not sure this is the case. there could be some theater here, too. the russians like to play this up when they get a spy. remember, putin, former kgb officer, is president of the country. there are tensions in the relationship over a whole host of things. so if they did get somebody involved in espionage, they may want to deter, you know, further...
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where is it in the cia draft. we know what the cia draft was. where was the story line it all happened because of spontaneous demonstrations provoked by an anti-muslim video. where is that in the cia talking points? i don't see that. i don't see it at all. >> i don't see it at all. >> that's right. they had the absolute facts and the state department and the white house -- look, we don't know precisely who did this, but this a saturday morning, the cia, they are toll to excite all those comments. i don't think that's the spokeswoman over there, i don't think it's ben rhodes, neither one of those should be telling the deputy director of the the cia what to put in something or what not to put into something. who is the heavy that told them to take it out and who is the heavy in the drama that came up with the stupid lie it was the video? >> so we have three big scandals now engulfing the white house. we have benghazi, the irs scandal and the holder justice department secretly seizing the phone records of the a.p. now the lap dog media of that neve
where is it in the cia draft. we know what the cia draft was. where was the story line it all happened because of spontaneous demonstrations provoked by an anti-muslim video. where is that in the cia talking points? i don't see that. i don't see it at all. >> i don't see it at all. >> that's right. they had the absolute facts and the state department and the white house -- look, we don't know precisely who did this, but this a saturday morning, the cia, they are toll to excite all...
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allegedly trying to recruit a russian for the cia. in a scene right out of the cold war, 29-year-old ryan fogle, a low-level diplomat, allegedly caught with a spy's tool kit. wigs, sunglasses, maps, money. even a letter offering his russian contact up to $1 million a year. quote, to discuss your experience, expertise and cooperation. that's instructions for opening up a gmail account. the russians released fogle to the u.s. embassy. he'll probably be sent home. on twitter, the u.s. ambassador had no comment. at washington's popular spy museum, a former cia spy says it happens all the time. >> even the disguise material, which people have sort of charteled about, i've used d disguise. it can work. >> reporter: the russians call the incident provocative. secretary of state kerry was meeting with his russian counterpart in sweden, presumably not swapping spy stories. >> you see those wigs? a letter telling -- something. >> the wig, the letter. >> something amiss with that. you okay this morn? >> all right. a late night. chris christie wa
allegedly trying to recruit a russian for the cia. in a scene right out of the cold war, 29-year-old ryan fogle, a low-level diplomat, allegedly caught with a spy's tool kit. wigs, sunglasses, maps, money. even a letter offering his russian contact up to $1 million a year. quote, to discuss your experience, expertise and cooperation. that's instructions for opening up a gmail account. the russians released fogle to the u.s. embassy. he'll probably be sent home. on twitter, the u.s. ambassador...